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I’m finally ALMOST done with my new graphic novel OKSI!

I’ve been working with this book for over five years now (6-7 years? Can’t even remember!) so it feels very strange when all I have to do now is minor corrections and then *gasp* send the whole thing to the printers!

The book has 376 pages, it’s in Finnish BUT it has English subtitles (!)

OKSI will be out for the Helsinki Comics Festivals and is published by Asema kustannus.

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I’ve added new designs in my print on demand shops! 

Right now I have three active shops: Redbubble, Threadless and Society6.

I recommend to check them all out, since the design layouts might be a bit different in different shops. All the shops have their own set of products.

If you are living in Europe, I recommend Redbubble or Society6, since they do shipping from Europe as well as from USA. Otherwise the shops should be equal quality. Please let me know if you have had problems with the shops or the products. Or if you didn’t have any problems and love your products! Send me some pictures! :) 

For a whole list of places you can shop my books & products, see: http://www.mariahokoivu.com/shop

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That little devil -comic will start in the new GOOF! Magazine June 23rd.

That little devil is a comic about a little evil character who loves pranks and mischief. Come join that little devil in the pages of the new GOOF! magazine!

GOOF! is a brand-new, monthly digital comic, that showcases some of the goofiest and greatest cartoonists walking this planet. Or any planet for that matter!

Issue zero launches June 23rd during www.maccpow.co.uk 

More about GOOF! comic magazine visit http://www.goofcomic.co.uk/

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Bad hair day (illustration 2017)

New design in my POD-shops! Here’s to all of us who just can’t seem to be able to tame their hair. But we look gorgeous anyway!

Shop at Redbubble | Society6 | Threadless

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Playing with your friend *clap clap clap*

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This is what I’ve been working with this week (and the past five years actually). I’m drawing the final chapter of my graphic novel Oksi, that will come out in Finnish later this year. I still have ALOT to do, but I can see a small hope of finally getting this done and finished.

(translation to the text: But it’s not too late / Come, come now / Come home)

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Happy New Year! To celebrate the year of 2018 I've naturally made a new design inspired by the 80's. Because 80's, that's why.

It’s a party! Society6 / Threadless / Redbubble

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Happy holidays 2017! 

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Here’s all the designs (so far) from the Pufffrect collection. For now they are sold in Redbubble and threadless but I’ll be adding more shops too in the future. I’ll list them all in the shop-section here.

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I opened another shop, now in Redbubble! More items and even more repeat patterns! Shop at --> https://www.redbubble.com/people/ahokoivu

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Sanni & Joonas has been published in the Finnish Koululainen Magazine almost a year now, and it will continue in the year 2018! Here’s a little photo series of making of the comic.

Sanni & Joonas is a children’s comic written by Kalle Hakkola and drawn by me. It includes (for now) two books, strip comics and a comic in the Koululainen-magazine.

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BIG NEWS! I’ve opened a little POD (print on demand) shop in Threadless artist shops! I’ve drawn a special little collection called purrrfect that includes cozy cats you can get printed in t-shirts, mugs, tote bags, among other things!

AND THAT’S NOT ALL!  I am planning to open more POD shops in near future, to get as many product possibilities out there as possible, and to launch my big quest of finding the best POD shops in the vast internets. So stay tuned for more designs, more products and more shops!

The address is ahokoivu.threadless.com

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Batuman is now also in Danish!

Read the review from Nummer9 Get your Batuman på dansk from Forlaget Fahrenheit 

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A couple of images from my forever-project OKSI. Yes, I’m still working with it. But the end is near, the book will be ready 2018 and I’m pretty sure about that.

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Sanni & Joonas, a children's comic written by Kalle Hakkola and drawn by me will be running in the Finnish paper Ilta-Sanomat for the month of August. I loved drawing the strips, but I hate coloring! It takes forever for me to decide on what colors to use. Thank god for deadlines, otherwise I wouldn’t get anything done. More information about the strips from here (in Finnish): Interview of Kalle Hakkola, tiedote

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Love for comics is... to never have an empty bed <3

I’M GOING TO RUSSIA! You can meet me at The Big Festival of comics in St.Petersburg on 10th June! You can find me from Comfederation’s  section on Saturday!

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